Ash and cigarette butt receiver



April 12, A1938. V, M, PYATT 2,113,745

ASH AND CIGARETTE BUTT RECEIVER Filed Aug. 18, 1936 Patented' Apr.12,':71938 N UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Valdis M. Pyatt, Great Falls,Mont.

Application August 18, 1936, Serial No. 96,691

y 4 claims. This invention relates toash receptacles and particularlyto. a receptacle designed for taking care of and' receiving ashes andthebutts of cigarettes.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide means of thischaracter which will permit ashes and the butts of cigarettes to'becarried in a safe and sanitary way and which will prevent any chance ol'fires being started in' the ll0 woods, at home'and under likecircumstancesby carelessly thrown down lighted cigarette butts.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which is adaptedto be carried in the pocket or clipped to the pocket and which in-15,c1udes an elongated receiving section and an upper section detachablyconnecting to the receiving section and having a c'ap, this uppersection supporting an electing disk normally disposed in the lower endof the receiving section which, when pulled out by detaching the uppersection from the receiving section, withdraws.

with it the ashes, cigarette butts, etc., so as to clean the receptacle.

A further object is to provide means carried by the upper sectionwhereby ashes on a cigarette may be knocked oil without knocking od thelighted end ci the cigarette, or whereby a cigarette may be put outentirely before dropping it into the receptacle. My invention isillustrated in the accompanying drawing wherelnz Figure 1 is anelevation of an ash and butt receiver constructed in accordance with myinvention; Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view on an enlarged scale ofthe structure shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a section on the line #-4 ofFigure 2;

posed upon the upper end of this receptacle I0 is a cylindrical sectionor collar I2 which is reduced in diameter at its lower end, as at I3,this reduced portion I3 fitting within the upper end 55 oi thereceptacle IIJ and being provided with opposed pins Il whichengagewithin the bayonet slots II so that upon arotation in onedirection, after insertion, the collar or section I24 will be lockedupon'the'upper end of the section I0, and upon a rotation in theopposite direction and a 5 withdrawal of the section I2the section I2may be detached from the section I0.

The collar has attached to it the two longitudinally extending rods orstrips I5 which carry at their lower ends the disk-shaped ejector I8, 10which ts within the lower end oi the barrel I0. Plvotally mounted uponthe collar I2 is a. cap I1, a spring I8 acting to retract this cap to anopen position. The upper end of the collar l2 is reduced in diameter, asat I9, and the cap nts l5 over this reduced portion.

The collar is provided with the spring projected latch 20 and a knob orbutton 2| is provided which, when pushed inward, releases this latchfrom engagement with the cap II, the cap being 20 provided with a recessor keeper for engagement with the latch when the cap is closed.

Preferably, though I do not wish to be limited to this, there isinserted within the collar a transversely arcuate sleeve 22 of thinmetal. the 25 upper edge of which is cut .so as to curve upwardly towardthe middle of the sleeve and then downwardly toward the other edge ofthe sleeve.' This sleeve is inserted within the collar I2 and, ofcourse, does not project so high as to prevent 30 the closing of thecap. This sleeve is for the purpose of easily knocking 0E the ashes onthe end of a cigarette, the sleeve being disposed with its centerapproximately opposite the hinged joint of the cap. While I do not wishto be .35

limited to this, there may be provided a convoluted wire 23 on the innerface of the sleeve forming a roughened surface against which the lightedend of a cigarette may be pressed and ground so as to put out thecigarette, this ac- 40 tion causing the fire to drop down into thereceptacle or barrel I0.

In the use of this device, the collar I2 is, of course, interlocked withthe barrel or receptacle I0 and normally the cap is closed\\ Preferably,45 though I do not wish to be limited "to this, the barrel I Il isprovided with a spring clip 2l whereby it may be supported within apocket as fountain pens are supported. Ashes may` be knocked olf thecigarette and will drop down into the barrel I0 and onto the ejector I6.The lighted butt of a cigarette may be also dropped down into thisreceptacle Ill and when the cap ls closed, this butt will goout for lackof air, or the lighted end of the butt may be forced against/theconvoluted wire 23 and ground away -beiore the butt is dropped into thereceptacle, or

the butt, after the lighted end has been ground ofi, may be thrown asidewithout danger. The cap, as before stated, is normally closed, but assoon as the button 2l is pushed inward, the cap will spring open.

Obviously, the device might be made in a number of sizes, andobviouslythe ejector I6 might be vsupported by only one strip or rod Il insteadof the two shown. A

Various modiications might be made in the minor details withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appendedclaims.

1. An ash and butt receptacle including an elongated tubular body closedat its bottom and open at its top, a cap operatively detachably engagingsaid receptacle to close it, and a sleeve disposed in theupper portionof said receptacle. the sleeve being arcuate in cross section and havinga curved upper end extending beyond the upper end of the receptacle, theinner face of said sleeve being roughened to provide a surface againstwhich the lighted end of a cigarette may be ground.

2. An ash and butt receptacle including an elongated tubular body closedat its bottom and open at its top, a cap operatively hinged to saidreceptacle to close it, and a sleeve disposed in the upper portion ofsaid receptacle, the sleeve being arcuate in cross section and having acurved upper endge'xtending beyond the upper end of the receptacle. theinner face of said sleeve having a convoluted wire attached theretoagainst which the lighted end oi a cigarette may be ground.

3. An ash and butt receptacle adapted to be carried in the pocket,including an elongated tubular body closed at its bottom and open at itstop and having bayonet slots in its upper end, a tubular section havingan outside diameter equal to the outside diameter of the body and havingone end reduced to fit within the upper end of the body, said sectionhaving pins engageable in said bayonet slots, the' tubular sectionhaving a supporting element extending downwardly into the lower end ofthe body and supporting an ejector at its lower end, and a cap hingedtothe tubular section and adapted to close the same, a spring urging thecap to an open position, and a latch holding the cap closed.

4. An ash and butt receptacle adapted to be carried ln the pocket,including an elongated tubular body closed at its bottom and openvat itstop, an elongated tubular section having one end formed and constructedto be inserted and tightly t within the upper end of said tubular body,

the tubular section having a supporting elementextending downward intothe lower end of the,

VALDIS M. PYATI.

